This blog is a chronicle of my thoughts and photographs pertaining to the two TPLO surgeries that Ivy, my Labrador Retriever had performed on February 11, 2008 by Dr. Robert Pernell of Coastal Carolina Veterinary Specialists, N. Charleston, SC and on October 9, 2008 by Dr. Jeff Stallings of Tidewater Veterinary Surgery, Virginia Beach, VA. Ivy is a 7 year old, 63 pound, spayed female yellow Labrador Retriever. She is one very brave dog.

Sunday, October 19, 2008

E Collar Alert!

We have had to use the E collar a lot more as we did catch Ivy licking at her staples which is a big NONO!! She does well with it, however. We now have her sleeping with it on in the X pen all night. She wakes us promptly at 7:30am for a walk and breakfast.

1 comment:

Dear Ivy,You are so brave! And my, that collar made you look so upstanding.

I live on 5 acres and run all over the place. My mum is constantly worrying that I, too, will break something. Reviewing these pictures and reading about your surgery and post op, help me to realize WHY she thinks as she does.

By the way, you have a beautiful head. People say that about me, as well. They have also said some insulting things because I eat just about anything..including live squirrels, bunnies, and dead rats.

A note about this blog

If you are reading this blog for the first time, I urge you to start at the beginning (it reads backwards and I don't know how to change it). For whatever reason, some of the earlier photos are missing, possibly due to some changes Blogger has made over the years. I am trying to recover and republish those photos.

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I'm a Certified Virginia Master Naturalist,
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Additionally, I volunteer for the Virginia Beach SPCA, Lynnhaven
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I am a photography enthusiast and I am indeed fortunate that many of my photos of native birds and
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years, my photos of local Virginia Beach Bald Eagles have appeared in
the Garden of Eagles calendar, an international publication. My husband Joe and I live on the Signature at West Neck with our two dogs,
Mocha and Frodo.